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The following bracha is said only once a year, during the month of Nissan, on fruit trees in blossom.
It is not said on flowering trees that do not bear fruit.
It is not said on fruit trees that already have fruit.
Only on fruit trees when they are displaying the flower blossoms that precede their fruit.
It is preferable to say the bracha on at least two trees.
The bracha should be said with a sense of awe, appreciation, admiration, and joy of HaShem and the world He created for us. We specifically acknowledge Him in the presence of fruit trees which delight our senses with their floral displays, even before they provide us with their tasty fruit. We realize that this is an extra-special gift from G-d to us.
See Shulchan Aruch O.C. 226, Mishna Brura and other commentaries.
BARUCH ATA ADONOI ELOHEINU MELECH HA’OLAM
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For a list of trees with a Google Map see http://fruittrees.citykol.com/
Other resources:
http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5762spring/blessing.pdf
http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5762/vayikra.html
chofetzchaim: wow that google thing to find trees in your area is amazing! thank so much!
hey how cool – my grandparents’ house is on that list 😉
(now you can track me down… just visit every house and ask if they have a grandson Moish;))
You mean your grandparents don’t add the 01 at the end, don’t they have many grandchildren named moish?
moish: i’m on my way to do just that! kidding!
actually, no. I’m the only Moish on that side but one of my cousins is “moishy” and he’s only like four or five years old.
mind you, i just had to go through all the families in my head to remember that- we’re both named for people on the opposite sides.
I heard a story that 28 years ago, the last time Birchas Hachammah was recited, Rav Chaim Kanievsky went outside to say Birchas HaChama and saw a tree in blossom for the first time that season.
He had to decide which comes first, Birchas Ha’Ilanos or Birchas Ha’Chama. You might think that Birchas Ha’Illanos is more tadir because we say it each year, as opposed to Birchas Hachammah, which we only say once every 28 years. On the other hand, Birchas Ha’Chammah is confined to a very limited time-frame – the first three hours of the day – whereas Birchas Ha’Illanos may be said at any point during the month of Nissan.
Mod, nice!
*kapusta*
why didn’t he just ask his father which to say first?
squeak
zrizos b’Mitzvos
both were incumbent upon him right then. (unless his father was standing right next to him)
feivel, 🙂 I’m assuming that since the mitzva is enhanced “b’roiv am”, where else in Bnei Brak would the Steipler have been?
The story from R’ Chaim is unlikely, because oseh maaseh bereishis is “matzui” not “tadir”. It does not come at regular intervals.
I have been told that I am not obligated to do Bichas Ha`Illanos because I live in the Southern Hemishpere. How do other Posters feel about this?
is that why your name is “downunder?”
good point squeak
where did that list of fruit trees come from? I’m assuming that people signed up; but I don’t recall seeing any sort of notice in the newspapers or online. it’s very cool (and a sign of the times) that Misaskim did this google hook-up to easily find the trees!
I just hope that we get to say it this year. Today is 20 Nissan, and all we have up here in Canada are tiny buds. Can it really only be said in Nissan? what if no local trees have blossomed yet?
chofetzchaim, thank you. who’s viable solutions? a frum company?
and does anyone know how the list was put together? I’m curious…
wherever you live or in whatever location you are in now, please post blossom tree locations here whenever you come across them, NEIGHBORHOOD/TOWN/CITY FOLLOWED BY STREET, lihanos bahem bnei adam.
Bump! Come on, who has not gotten round to say it yet? Not long left until the end of Nissan! Say it now or immediately after pesach otherwise you may miss it!
What nusach : davar,or klum ?
Thanks for the reminder.
Is anyone aware of a list of possible locations to make this brocha in Brooklyn?
I prefer a place in boro park or kensington if possible.
there are also other listings. google it
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